Bulevar Kralja Aleksandra

The Bulevar Kralja Aleksandra ( Serbian Cyrillic Булевар краља Александра ) is a street in the Serbian capital Belgrade. With a length of 7.5 km, it is one of the longest streets in the city. During the time of the SFR Yugoslavia was the street Bulevar Revolucije. From of Belgrade, the road is usually simply called Bulevar.

Location

Due to its length, the boulevard runs through four of the eight districts of the downtown Belgrade: Stari Grad, Palilula, Vračar and Zvezdara. It starts at the Nikola Pašić Square and leads in a south-easterly direction to the outskirts of the city to Mali Mokri Lug, where he becomes the Smederevski put, the road link to Smederevo.

History

In the mid-18th century, the road, which is now occupied by the Boulevard, Carigradski said drum since she left Belgrade towards Constantinople Opel (Serbian Carigrad ). The residents of Belgrade had gradually settled outside the city walls on the street.

Building on the Boulevard

In addition to the Skupština, the conference building of the National Assembly of Serbia and the Serbian Parliament, lying on the boulevard the Town Hall in the Old city of Belgrade Castle and the Serbian Orthodox Church of St. Mark. Further east there are several faculties of the University of Belgrade and the Vuk Karadžić - monument along the road.